Louisiana

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    Louisiana

  • Black slaves imported into louisana

    Black slaves imported into louisana
    (1719) Black slaves imported into Louisiana

  • Capitol

    Capitol
    (1723) New Orleans became capital of Louisiana

  • State

    State
    *(1812) Louisiana became 18th state

  • Mardi Gras

    Mardi Gras
    Mardi Gras(1837) New Orleans held first Mardi Gras parade

  • Yellow fever

    Yellow fever
    Yellow Fever(1853) Yellow fever epidemic killed more than 11,000 in New Orleans

  • flooding

    flooding
    Flood(1874) Severe flooding occurred throughout the state

  • Fair

    Fair
    Fair(1884) World's Fair held in New Orleans

  • Jazz

    Jazz was created

  • First oil flow

    (1901) First oil flow discovered at Jennings

  • Natural gas field

    (1916) Natural gas field discovered near Monroe

  • Oil well

    Oil well(1947) First offshore oil well in Louisiana established

  • Longest over-water bridge in world

    (1956) Longest over-water bridge in world - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened

  • Segregation

    (1957) Hundreds of people in Cameron Parish killed during Hurricane Audrey

  • Desegragated

    (1960) Two public schools in Orleans Parish desegregated

  • New Orleans awarded

    (1966) National Football League awarded franchise to New Orleans Saints

  • Hurricane

    (1969) Hurricane Camille struck, killed 250 people

  • Super Dome

    Super Dome
    Super Dome(1975) Super Dome in New Orleans completed

  • KKK

    (1989) Former grand wizard of Ku Klux Klan, David Duke, elected to state legislature

  • Gambling

    (1991) State legislature approved riverboat gambling

  • Hurricane katrina

    Hurricane Katrina(2005) Hurricane Katrina struck southeastern Louisiana, damaged levees flooded New Orleans, more than 1,500 people killed, over two million homeless; Hurricane Rita caused major flooding in New Orleans

  • Saints won the super bowl

    (2010) New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl

  • BP

    (2012) BP reached $7.8 billion settlement with largest group of plaintiffs over 2010 oil rig spill